Tuesday, June 25, 2013

June is almost over. The kids will be out of school and we're all hoping for a FABULOUS summer! This week, we're celebrating that bright star that warms our days with a challenge we call...BRING ON THE SUNSHINE!

***REMEMBER:
All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! A
challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

We're looking to see your bright and sunny entries on our Use It Tuesday site using Inlinkz by noon EST on Friday July 5, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE058 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. (Linking tips are at the bottom of the post!)

Please
make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday
challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

This is a special and sad week for us here at Use It Tuesday. Our 2nd challenge in June always marks the end of a Use It Tuesday Design Team term and we will be saying good-bye to some people that have brought us so much joy and sunshine over the past six months. We want to thank those that are moving on for all their efforts and beautiful creations. Thank you for being our sunshine!

Here's what the Design Team has for you this week:

Sherri's take on our challenge was to use a lot of yellow to represent light, as well as a quote about ones inner light.The fabric hexagons are from last year and the Crate Paper border strips and cardstock stickers are a few years old. The most hoarded item, though, is the resin flower, which has avoided being used for almost 3 years!

Stephanie used papers from her collection and most were scrap pieces. Plus, she pulled out her Silhouette for this project, which tends to get forgotten (do you think it's hidden under her other crafty stuff?).

Danielle
used a Simple Stories pocket and embellished it with their summer collection last year to create this adorably cute summer card.

Staceycreated this just "beachy" card with two different stamp sets - both unused before this challenge AND almost 2 yeras old!!Love the embellishments on those flip flops!

Nicolefound an uninked Unity stamp for her beautful summer card. The star embellishments also come from her hoarded stash.

Tracy has had this patterned paper kit for almost 5 years. It wasn't quite her style, so she never used it, but found inspiration in today's challenge. The flowers and glitter leaves also came from her stash of goodies.

Heather celebrated the arrival of summer with a layout documenting the first BBQ of the season. All the papers came from her stash and have been around for several years. The flower and button are also forgotten odds and ends collected over the years.

The Use It Tuesday team wants to send a shout-out to one of our members who wasn't feeling much sunshine this week. Tammy lives in an area of Canada that has been heavily hit with flooding this week. Heather also has family in the same area. Both families are okay, but many families have been displaced and the area has experienced much heartbreak over the past week. Some areas will take a long time to recover. While you create your projects, please send a little sunshine their way. They could use it to help dry things out! Here's our first ray of sunshine for them, 16-month-old Claire's first crafty project. The flowers will come again, Calgary.

Now, find your sunshine and Use It!!

Tips for linking:

On your blog, once you publish your post, click on "View Blog". Then copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field.

No blog? Easy enough! Save your creation in your online gallery. Once it has been published, click on the exact
project you want linked. Once it is up in your browser, copy the URL
and paste that into the Inlinkz address field below. If you don't use
any online galleries, you can use Sami's SP Gallery, registration is free and easy!

Monday, June 24, 2013

Thanks for taking the time out this week to create for the men in your lives.

So much variety in our projects this week, as usual!

The Inlinz froggy performed his winners dance and chose Elizabeth Campau as our weekly winner. Elizabeth scrapped a great story for her newspaper article from 1999 and used a title sticker from her stash that was over 8 years old.

Congrats, Elizabeth! Thank you for sharing your creation and wonderful story with us this week! WE hope to see you soon as a Guest Designer on a future challenge.

And, what fanciful projects did our Design Team pick for this weeks Top 2 Pick honor?

First up is Kelly Oblakwith this gorgeous and adorable layout. She really raided her stash for this one...papers, washi tape, wood veneers, diecuts...all came from various years in her scrappy stash.

And, Use It Tuesday Design Team Alum, Steph C and her special Father's Day card for a friend. Steph used paper that's been in her stash for her card, plus a digi stamp that she didn't use when she first downloaded it. Thanks for playing with us again, Steph!

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Before we begin with our next challenge, we just want to take a minute to thank each and every one of you who applied on our recent Design Team call. We received so many very talented entries and we truly appreciate your interest.

Our challenge theme this week is MASCULINE. With Father's Day coming up in less than a week, we thought it appropriate to celebrate the men in our lives.
However, you don't have to make a Father's Day card...just make it masculine.

***REMEMBER:
All of our challenges call for you to use your hoarded supplies! A
challenge requirement is to tell us in your post what you used!***

We're looking to see your fabulous entries on our Use It Tuesday site using Inlinkz by noon EST on Friday June 21, 2013. No blog? No problem! Just use keyword USE057 when uploading to an online gallery and leave us a direct link so we can find your creation. (Linking tips are at the bottom of the post!)

Please
make sure to mention you are playing along with a Use It Tuesday
challenge (a link is great too!) so we know you are participating.

As always, one lucky participant will be randomly chosen to be a featured guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

Let's see what the Design Team has created for you this week:

Sherri's take on this week's theme was to go heavily on the blues and pop it with some lime green. The washi tape she used is a couple of years old, as is the brad, wooden star, journaling spot and alphabets.

Nicolehopes she hit the masculine note with this one. The Maggie Holmes/Crate Paper collection has been lovingly cherished since she bought it many moons ago and the border stamp from Studio Calico has been un-inked for about 6 months.

Stephanie flagged down a winner of a layout using her hoarded "Out and About collection. Super cute!!

Danielle pulled some American Craft papers from her stash and made this Father's Day card. She also went dotty with her extensive collection of enamel dots.

Tracy used scraps of her My Mind's Eye "Tres Jolie" paper collection, which is about 6 years old. All she had left were large strips, but she made them work on this great layout!

Staceycreated this cute gift tote for the best Dad in her life! The patterned paper, sentiment tag and hemp cording are all from her stash.

Tammy use some scraps to make the banner winding across her layout. The stickers are so old, she doesn't even remember where they came from! And, the picture subject may have celebrated his 1st birthday a few years ago, so those are hoarded too!!

Heather made this masculine card using a stamp set that hasn't been out of the box for awhile, some ribbon scraps floating around her craft desk and a large orange button that came in a package and fell into the "what am I going to do with this" category.

And, last but never least, our Guest Designer for this challenge is Michelle.Michelle was our winner from our "You Can't Touch This" challenge and she's back for another challenge with a layout using hoarded Echo Park papers and some chipboard letters from K&Co.Great layout, Michelle!

We can't wait to see your projects! Get Going, Use It!!

Tips for linking:

On your blog, once you publish your post, click on "View Blog". Then copy the URL and paste that into the Inlinkz address field.

No blog? Easy enough! Save your creation in your online gallery. Once it has been published, click on the exact
project you want linked. Once it is up in your browser, copy the URL
and paste that into the Inlinkz address field below. If you don't use
any online galleries, you can use Sami's SP Gallery, registration is free and easy!

Monday, June 10, 2013

Another great "Anything Goes" challenge at Use It Tuesday!! We were so inspired by each of the 118 entries that graced our page this past two weeks. Thank you!

Whio did Inlinkz pick this week? It's none other than Gale, with her adorably cute baseball card. Gale twine an a button from her craft stash this week, meeting our "Use It" challenge requirements.

Gale, congratulations to you and here is the winner's badge for you to grab for your blog.

Whenever we d our "Anything Goes" theme, it always makes it very difficult for our DT to pick our top 2 for the challenge. So many beautiful entries to look at!! In the end, here's what we chose:

Lizzie R got us all geared up with excitement to see her layout entry this week. Lizzzie used a kit that's been in her stash for a couple of years now to spread her wings and try a masculine layout. Love it!!

And, Kari Annmade these super adorable cards for her students using papers from her "ugly" stash. Well, ugly no more! The cards look fantastic!!

Such fun projects, ladies! Congratulations and here is the Top 2 Pick badge for your blog.

Welcome!

Hey you...the one that likes to buy crafty things and not use them. Yeah, you know who you are. :) Come dust off your stash and play with us the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month! Our challenges are open to anyone, anywhere who has product of any kind! Can't wait for you to join in the fun!